Megaupload is now gone.. forever!!

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U.S. Government Tells Court Megaupload Users Should Sue Company Over Lost Files

The United States government has a suggestion for Megaupload users that can't get their legal data from the file-sharing and storage company: sue them or the service provider for Megaupload. Basically they are saying that since they have gotten the data they wanted from the servers they seized, it's not their problem anymore.

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[OldSchoolGamer]

They can all band together and file a class action lawsuit. Then they can win millions of dollars from megaupload. Then every person who sued can receive a whopping $7.12 each. But their lawyer that is representing everyone in the class action lawsuit will obviously get a million dollars.

[dlevere]

More delays for Megaupload case

A New Zealand court has ruled that the FBI must produce evidence of piracy before Kim Dotcom can be extradited.

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US Gov't Seeks To Keep Megaupload Assets Because Kim Dotcom Is a Fugitive

Posted by timothy

mrspoonsi writes with this excerpt from Billboard:

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice told a Virginia federal judge that Kim Dotcom and cohorts have no business challenging the seizure of an estimated $67 million in assets because the Megaupload founder is evading prosecution.

The government brought criminal charges against Dotcom in early 2012, but he's been holed up in New Zealand awaiting word on whether he'll be extradited. The government got antsy and this past July, brought a civil complaint for forfeiture in rem, a maneuver to firmly establish a hold over money from bank accounts around the world, luxury cars, big televisions, watches, artwork and other property allegedly gained by Megaupload in the course of crimes.

Dotcom is fighting the seizures by questioning the government's basis for asserting a crime, saying "there is no such crime as secondary criminal copyright infringement," as well as challenging how the seized assets are tied to the charges against Dotcom. But according to the U.S. government, Dotcom doesn't get the pleasure of even making the arguments. In a motion to strike, the government cites the doctrine of fugitive disentitlement, which bars a person from using the resources of the court if that person is aware of prosecution and is evading it.